Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1900

Friday 16 March

Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 186 minutes.

Decide it for

33°27′ N 112°04′ W · America/Phoenix · GeoNames 5308655

The two sunrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.

Sunrise of Friday 16 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:38 sunrise
05:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:2607:50

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Saturday 17 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:37 sunrise
05:2505:4906:1306:3707:0107:2507:49

Absent at sunrise

Pratipadā presentSunrise, the instant the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 01:12 on Fri 16 Mar to 03:31 on Sat 17 Mar.

    1900-03-16T08:11:48Z → 1900-03-17T10:31:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:38 on the 16th and 06:37 on the 17th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 16th and is not on the 17th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 11140 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Phoenix, 1900: Friday 16 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Vasantotsava 1900 falls on Friday 16 March. Pratipadā runs from 01:12 on Fri 16 Mar to 03:31 on Sat 17 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/phoenix/festivals/1900/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/vasantotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Pratipadā
Kāla
Sunrise
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 1 Vasantotsava (current at sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāSunrise 16thCoveredSunrise 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:12 → 02:3106:03holds06:01no16 Mar
Chicago02:12 → 04:3106:02holds06:00no16 Mar
Jersey City03:12 → 05:3106:07holds06:06no16 Mar
Port of Spain04:12 → 06:3106:13holds06:13holds16 Mar
London08:12 → 10:3106:14no06:12holds17 Mar
Durban09:42 → 12:0105:27no05:27holds17 Mar
Dubai11:53 → 14:1206:09no06:08holds17 Mar
Delhi13:33 → 15:5206:22no06:21holds17 Mar
Kolkata13:33 → 15:5205:36no05:36holds17 Mar
Singapore15:07 → 17:2606:06no06:05holds17 Mar
Sydney18:12 → 20:3105:55no05:56holds17 Mar
Suva20:07 → 22:2606:04no06:05holds17 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vasantotsava@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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